Athletic Development

Discipline, consistency and old-fashioned hard work.

Training Philosophy

The College of San Mateo training philosophy is focused on developing football players into better athletes. It is a comprehensive program focusing on strength, speed and quickness, and agility training. Without a doubt, you will become bigger, faster, and stronger in the training program.

Strength Training

The primary focus is to develop proper form and technique. All lifts performed are football related focusing on ground based lifts and explosion. Detailed coaching and teaching is done on a daily basis. Feedback and performance reviews are done frequently to ensure that a proper work ethic is created.

Speed and Agility Training

All efforts are made to ensure that our athletes increase both their overall speed and agility. We first focus on building a solid foundation of overall general conditioning and then proceed to teaching proper running form and techniques.

Athletic Index

A measurement used by coaches to test your overall athletic ability compared to current 4 year college players. It is basically a summarized score of tests used to measure your upper body strength, lower body strength, speed, quickness, explosion, agility, and overall conditioning. It serves as an excellent motivating factor and a way that the athletes can measure their progress throughout the year.

Average Improvements

After two years in the program, athletes have shown tremendous gains. The average gain in the bench press is 90 lbs. The average gain in the squat is 140 lbs. The average decrease in a players 40 yard dash is .2 seconds. There is a huge emphasis placed by the coaching staff on focusing on players who want to develop and make themselves into better athletes. Nothing less is tolerated!!!

Training Calendar

The College of San Mateo athletic development program is a 45 week program. It is a comprehensive program aiming to increase athletic ability and prevent injury. As such, the program is aligned with the athlete’s football practice schedule to ensure maximum output while avoiding overtraining, burnout, and injury.

Combine Results

Every year in May, there is a junior college combine in which players can perform in front of many 4 year schools. The College of San Mateo has historically dominated these events, impressing 4 year coaches with our athlete’s performance. Due to our relentless attention to detail and coaching, our athletes have repeatedly been at the top of the charts and continue to break combine records.